Seasonally-adjusted annualized housing starts for December came in at 217,000 units, according to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)....
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Canada: Housing starts ease in December, but trend remains firm -
Switzerland: Plummeting retail sales moderate in November In November, the contraction in real retail sales moderated significantly, shrinking by a calendar-adjusted 0.2% from the same month a... -
Hungary: Industrial output growth slows in November According to preliminary data released by the Statistical Institute (KSH), industrial output rose a working-day adjusted 3.4% year-on-year in November,... -
Costa Rica: Inflation accelerates in December In December, consumer prices increased 0.47% month-on-month, up from November’s 0.16% increase. According to the National Institute of Statistics and... -
Poland: Inflation moderates in December According to a flash estimate released by the Central Statistical Office on 3 January, consumer prices increased 0.2% in December,... -
Poland: European Commission invokes Article 7 on concerns over rule of law On 20 December, the European Commission invoked Article 7 of the EU Treaty against Poland over controversial changes to Poland’s... -
Czech Republic: Industrial production growth moderates in November Industrial production in the Czech Republic expanded a robust 8.5% year-on-year in November. While the figure highlights a strong performance,... -
Romania: Central Bank raises rates at its first meeting of 2018 At its monetary policy meeting on 8 January, the National Bank of Romania (NBR) decided to raise the policy rate... -
Austria: Consumer confidence unchanged in January The consumer confidence index produced by Fessel-GfK came in at 12 points in January, matching the prior month’s reading, which... -
Chile: Consumer confidence turns positive for first time since May 2014 The Adimark GfK consumer confidence index (IPEC, Índice de Percepción de la Economía) increased from 47.3 in November to 53.1...